Elderslie Farm Blog

A Place Worth Staying
I have seen these bushes in searing heat, in driving rain, and a thousand times as I drive past and walk to and fro. This

All Things New
In June when I walked the brambles, I measured and I counted and I weighed. I estimated that we would harvest about 30% of what

On the Edge
Last weekend I was trying to get work done in my office. With the blackberry season about to start, creamery construction at full pace, and

Creamery Dreams
About ten years ago I was sitting at the table with my father and brother discussing goats. How much milk does a goat produce? How

A House in the Country
So much is coming down. Gentle leaves drop one by one. Pecans down in the southeast corner of our state are making gentle “plunk, plunk

In the Heat of Summer
Dawn is breaking on another summer day in Kansas. Wisps of cloud belie the reality that it will reach about 100 degrees later today. The